Butterfly Observations

E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees)sort descending Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2010-05-22 14:11:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 3 0.0 archive During my 10-minute observation period that started at 2:05, these individuals came through at 2:11:09, 2:12:50, and 2:14:42. Earlier in the day, I saw two or three (or the same one at different times?) Red Admirals that seemed to just be active in the yard rather than purposefully migrating. More...
2015-09-11 14:12:00 36.438793 -115.35821900000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Nectaring on Mojave Thistle. Corn Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1940636 More...
2005-03-26 12:00:00 35.64 -120.69 Painted lady 6 archive I was in Paso Robles, California 93446 on Saturday, March 26th and Sunday, March 27th and noted several individuals there, but not in large numbers. More...
2009-04-07 12:00:00 48.46578 -123.45795 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hi, I am delighted to say I saw the first Painted Lady of the year here in Victoria, British Columbia today (Tuesday 7th April 2009). I was able to watch it close up for several minutes as it fluttered around the winter heather. The exact location was: 48d 27’ 56.79 N; 123d 27’ 28.61 W. More...
2017-09-09 22:15:00 44.82951333 -92.76286333000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 3 mariposa Kinnickinnic State Park, Clifton, Wisconsin. 75 F, sunny, nice. Observation by patriciafojut, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 37.4575 -122.4485 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive For around two or more hours I watched a stream of butterflies go north past my house near the beach in Half Moon Bay CA N37 27.45 W122 26.91 on March 31 I took movies so will have a time stamp if your interested. I am under the impression that they were painted ladies but have no idea. More...
2016-07-10 18:30:00 48.038840032663 -123.34153174894 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 AdmiralsandLadies nectaring on lavendar More...
2006-03-11 12:00:00 32.9078 -79.6129 Red admiral 0 archive No description. More...
2015-05-14 14:20:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 2 Ginny Did not record the exact time we saw this butterfly -- it was after 9:20 am. More...
2003-10-01 12:00:00 41.7494 -92.721 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2014-06-09 05:00:00 43.6385 -92.22039999999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Minnesota. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/730357 More...
2009-05-06 12:00:00 41.1207 -73.7197 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive After a rainy and cool several days, a bit of sun, with temperatures in the low-mid 60's brought a nice variety of butterflies to the ridge along the Palisades, at Hook Mt., Rockland County (just north of Nyack, on the Hudson). More...
2017-09-18 17:07:00 46.65504833 -87.63078999999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ishpeming Township, Michigan. Light wind, Temps in the 70s. Partially cloudy. Observation by nonfictionsteve, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. More...
2007-03-10 12:00:00 28.3 -82.03 American lady 3 archive Polk County. Observers: B. and L. Cooper, J. and B. DuBois, C. Geanangel, and T. Palmer. More...
2006-04-09 12:00:00 29.46 -95.05 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2015-10-05 17:00:00 39.122396307968 -84.39477875502 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 12 Henryr10 Saw 12 different Admirals in an approximately 100 yard stretch of rock/sand beach. Many Eastern Commas (Polygonia comma) also in the mix. The Admirals flew out of the shoreline woods, landed, on the small rocks, tasted and displayed. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rnranimals/21788016449/in/album-7 More...
2019-04-17 14:13:00 33.6654 -116.399855 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Riverside, California, United States. Location precision: not reported. Observed by cwbarrows, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22645136 More...
2003-11-05 12:00:00 32.858 -108.588 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: B. Howe and C. Rustay. More...
2010-05-16 12:00:00 44.53 -76.21 Red admiral 6 archive May 16 a trip to Rock Dundern near Lyndhurst has 15 Spring Azures, 1 Eastern Comma, 6 Arctics (I got none with wings open but only Chryxus have been reported for here), 1 Henry's Elfin, 5 Cabbage Whites, 1 Tiger Swallowtail and 6 Red Admirals (yay, two species I had never seen before, Arctic a More...
2012-11-17 06:00:00 29.74331 -100.09769 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis, near Pulliam Creek, Edwards Co., Texas, 17 November 2012. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194908 More...
2009-04-24 12:00:00 41.954 -82.515 Red admiral 1 archive One noted in the park visitor centre sightings book (observer name not noted) on April 24/09. Don Davis Toronto, ON More...
2017-08-05 22:27:00 37.73500061 -122.43888850000002 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 31-35 Paradise Avenue San Francisco, CA 94131 USA. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. Photo: https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/9553174/medium.jpeg?1501972549 More...
2007-05-05 12:00:00 42.2967 -81.8894 Red admiral 1 archive Carolyn King wrote: Sorry for delayed posting, but on the weekend at Rondeau Provincial Park we saw: Sat. May 5: Red Admiral 1, Cabbage White 1. Actually there were a number of Red Admiral sightings, but only 2 paused long enough to confirm they were separate individuals. More...
2017-06-19 17:00:00 50.599444 -114.987778 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Calypso No description. More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.2867 -122.0237 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Paula Moors. The monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] were all over the freeway on my way home from work. More...
2019-05-02 18:15:00 41.17973 -95.91815500000001 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 6 3 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. On weekly walk saw 6 American Ladies on 3 different trails. Temperature 55 F. Survey from 11:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. CDT. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2010-07-03 09:00:00 41.3543 -73.4102 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Dear Vanessa Migration Project, We spotted a red admiral butterfly at our home just now, roughly 9 am Eastern Time, July 3, 2010. We live at the address below. Very beautiful. It flew away before we were able to photograph it. Good luck with your tracking! More...
2005-03-26 12:00:00 34.87 -111.76 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 45.0 archive Observer: L. Campbell. Painted Lady (a large and continuous stream flying together heading from Southwest to Northeast at a fast clip). Colorado Plateau, 5000 feet, Sedona, AZ. More...
2017-06-10 21:56:00 37.74329518 -122.41464610000003 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA, USA. Location precision: 119m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6581533 More...
2017-09-08 20:25:00 42.0483767 -91.566706599998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 5 sahartogh Resting on Sedum flowers. More...
2006-04-24 12:00:00 43.9939 -77.7131 Red admiral 0 archive I will be looking. So far Comma, Cabbage White, Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral in this area. No Green Darner Dragonflies yet, the insect migrant I always look for. David (David Bree, Natural Heritage Education (NHE) Leader, Presqu'ile Provincial Park, RR#4 Brighton, ON K0K 1H0) More...
2019-05-24 16:00:00 39.5296329 -119.8138027 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 315.0 0 mariposa Reno, Nevada. It is the same here in Reno. So many flying by, and it looks like they are heading west or NW. I have seen more than a hundred yesterday [May 11, 2019]. Observed by Joe Eggy, DesertLeps Newsgroup, May 12, 2019. More...
2001-04-24 12:00:00 34.07 -117.47 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive Observer: Fawn Fresquez More...
2010-04-15 12:00:00 43 -89.43 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Stan Rehm Location: Lacy Heights subdivision, Fitchburg, Dane County. The Mourning Cloak has been in our yard and woods since March 15, but the Admiral was a surprise visitor, inspecting some newly (trans)planted cabbages in the butterfly garden. More...
2011-04-25 15:00:00 33.548987 -80.44608199999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa Today, April 25, I spent the morning exploring the Bluff unit of the Santee NWR in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 400m radius. The following butterflies were observed: … American Lady - 4, Red Admiral - 2. More...
2005-03-09 12:00:00 35.29 -120.66 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 315.0 8 archive My 6th grade class in San Luis Obispo, CA observed painted lady migration beginning on March 9, 2005. We recorded over 100 per minute at noon on a sunny day with wind speeds of 5-10 mph. The butterflies were all headed NW. More...
2010-04-14 12:00:00 45.023 -95.888 Red admiral 1 archive Minnesota, zip code 56101, multiple county parks (Bright Lake County Park and Timberland County Park)in Martin County the species seems to already be well distributed, as I also saw a single individual last week in the LAc Qui Parle/Yellow Medicine County area of MN before I was aware or this reques More...
2005-05-14 12:00:00 44.55 -119.63 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: J. Snyder. More...
2012-08-03 05:00:00 49.510159662862 -55.090837108985 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 500 Donald Davis (Jared) Earlier this week (July 30), I walked a short section of the road leading to Woolfrey's Pond Park in Lewisporte - the abundance of Red Admirals was incredible. I must have seen nearly a thousand in less than a kilometre ... More...
2005-10-02 12:00:00 35.89 -75.77 Painted lady 8 archive Observers: H. LeGrand, W. Cook, and J. Pippen More...
2001-04-23 12:00:00 32.68 -114.62 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 337.5 archive This week we hit one of the biggest migrations I have seen here, that peaked on Monday, April 23, and for several hours the number crossing the same 20 yard stretch of driveway increased to a staggering 200 per minute that day. All traveling in a north-north-west direction. More...
2019-09-20 05:00:00 33.957764 -77.93044399999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hermit Trail/Basin Trail, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 600m radius. Observed by John Taggart, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup. " … Painted Lady 1..." More...
2005-03-08 12:00:00 35.309 -117.968 Painted lady 100 archive Near Cantil, Kern Co, Calif, dusk: many interacting and a mating pair observed, many eggs seen on Amsinckia leaves. More...
2012-09-02 19:00:00 36.105686461022 -80.163678275039 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 bengray417 No description. More...
2019-03-08 22:18:00 35.96506333 -114.71501999999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mohave County, Arizona. Location precision: within a 6m radius. Observed by coreyjlange, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21068947 More...
2016-11-05 18:42:00 37.9141655 -122.60388949999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Marin Municipal Water District Watershed, Marin County, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4503721 More...
2004-11-25 12:00:00 29.067 -97.3336 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. Coordinates are for a location on a bend of the Guadalupe River about 2.5 miles southwest of Cuero, DeWitt Co., Texas; USGS Cuero Quadrangle. More...
2017-09-25 21:11:00 39.1093979 -84.5226026 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 90.0 Taft IT High Sc... moving around the courtyard and lighting on the lantana to feed More...
2001-04-26 13:00:00 40.39 -105.07 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 50 180.0 archive Here's where some of them are going! Yesterday at 1 p.m. we counted about 1 every 10-15 seconds crossing a 15 meter front, mainly from almost due south but some from southwest. More...
2019-10-20 17:30:00 41.92569088277493 -82.51367553731706 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 3 180.0 0 Donald Davis West Beach, Point Pelee National Park, Wheatley, Ontario. Location precision: estimated within a 600m radius. Observed by Steve Pike, Ontario Butterflies Newsgroup. More...

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